By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press RICHMOND. Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that sheriff's deputies in Virginia violated the constitutional rights of a Black man when they arrested him for refusing to identify himself. The decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals partially overturns a lower court ruling that upheld the legitimacy of the 2017 arrest of George Wingate by two Stafford County deputies. The deputies invoked a local statute requiring people to provide identification to police when public safety warrants it. Wingate sued, arguing that his arrest was a textbook example of 'driving while […]
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